NMAH copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. "The history of American dance reflects the nation's tangled culture. Dancers from wildly different backgrounds watched, imitated, and stole from ...

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Five African Americans--three men and two women--perform a cakewalk, a dance featuring fancy strutting that was named after the prize awarded in the original contests. The dancers wear rather formal ...

The "Colored 400" was a term for the Black elite in Elmira and other cities during the Gilded Age. These social groups hosted elaborate balls and events, including cakewalks, for entertainment.